Judge Lamberth's ruling was in 2007. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...090702494.html
Read your article again. It reports that by way of a surreptitious judgement made by Odumbo's Justice Department the transfer was approved by presenting the fiction that "the U.S. was satisfied subrogated claims had been dealt with." That claim was false as the Supreme Court ruling makes clear, and the fact that there were court orders freezing those assets until the Supreme Court made its ruling.
Originally Posted by I B Hankering
yet it was both the Bush and Obama administration opposed giving the victims money. Obama was just dirtier than Bush on that matter.
yes, the ruling was in 2007 under the bush Administration which was then appealed to the supreme court in april 2016. I gather the Obama lawyers figured that they were going to lose and use the arbitration claim to give Irans money back with interest.
Obama admin were being facetious that they weren't aware of the "hostage" transfer taking place at the same time the money was being transferred... this is the case where the left hand doesn't know what the right hand was doing argument.
I do think that they were lying about the whole purpose of the money transfers which was to negate a possible court victory by the plaintiffs.